Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had to laugh with the historic interpretation of the theme by some participants, too. The procession is in 2 parts: first a commerial part, where treats are indeed dispersed in massive quantities which makes kids go crazy, the 2nd part is a competition between the several social 'entities' (one of them is called 'the Union of Poultry Breeders' :-) of our village, to get the prize of best group. There is also a Queen of the Grapes selection, but that takes place today. She's usually very blonde, very ugly, and very stupid... Thanks for looking, Philippe Op 17-sep-06, om 15:39 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven: > Oh my Philippe, > It seems they don't teach history in your part of the world either. :) > Southern "Stars and Bars" with a guy riding a broom. Your town is > very > creative to say the least. I'm assuming some of the vehicles were > throwing > treats to get the children so interested? > > The LUG is a wonderful thing, slices of the world. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 9/17/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: >> >> Once a year, the sleepy suburban village of Hoeilaart comes to life. >> In the 70's it was renowned for the production of exquisit grapes >> (for consumption, not for wine making), but that ended due to strong >> competition from the South of Europe. We got too expensive... >> But since those days, the village has a tradition: The Festivities of >> the Grapes. Every year another theme (this year the Middle Ages) >> which by some is interpreted literally, and by others liberally. >> Every year schools, scouts, and about any other club participate, >> every year there's a fair, and every year a procession. >> >> Some snapshots of the latter yesterday evening: >> >> http://tinyurl.com/lljfr >> >> I hope you enjoy them, even if some are 'technically' not OK. >> (Ricoh GRD, 400 ISO, BW mode, minor work in PS CS2 without touching >> noise etc: it's pretty much what came out of camera in jpeg high >> quality mode) >> >> Thanks for looking, and comments welcomed, >> Philippe >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >